West Side Arena - September 30 & October 1, 2023 - Growth Has Its Pains - 2010 Flames (MRYHA) Up from the Ocean State (RI) and the depths of the Bay State (MA), the 2010 Flames played the Providence Hockey Club (PHC South) twice on Saturday and then hosted the Bay State Breakers (Hoyle) on Sunday evening. The Flames won two and lost one, splitting with Providence on Saturday. Continue Reading...
Five Sunrises
September 30, 2023 - Five Sunrises There is something special, almost exciting, about being up before the dawn's early light The day is not promised, but there you are, alive and wide-eyed, still attached to the night If there is the gift of a new day, then you are already moving, well on your way Somewhere in the reaches of mind there is wonder of Continue Reading...
Shift After Shift – 2010 Flames
Skate 3 Red Rink - September 24, 2023 - Shift After Shift - 2010 Flames (MRYHA) The 2010 Flames amassed a massive amount of shots on goal in a pair of weekend games down in Mass. The visitors were able to earn wins in Bridgewater (on Saturday) and then in Tyngsboro (on Sunday morning). The combined score was 13-2. The amassed shots on goal total was 91 for the weekend. Continue Reading...
Road Win – 2010 Flames
Canton Ice House - September 17, 2023 - Road Win - 2010 Flames After a 4-2 win at home on Saturday, the 2010 Flames traveled to Canton, Mass. for their first EHF road game of the season. The Flames were skating on all cylinders from the beginning, and skated to a 10-2 victory against the Boston Jr. Huskies. Continue Reading...
Blessed Are The Playmakers – 2010 Flames
West Side Arena - September 10, 2023 - Blessed Are The Playmakers - 2010 Flames In a nutshell, goals can be scored without assists, but assists cannot be recorded without goals. Assists are the passes that lead to goals. Passes don't always lead to goals, but they do utilize teammates and usually make everyone on the ice a threat to score. Continue Reading...
The Opener – 2010 Flames – 2023-2024
September 09, 2023 - The Opener - 2010 Flames - 2023-2024 Many a goal against the opening opponent. The scheduler lines them up. The kids play the games. The Flames scored early, and more often as the game went on and cruised to a 14-1 win in the opener. Continue Reading...
GOFFSTOWN, NH WINTER SNOWFALL 2022-2023
Winter Snowfall 2022-2023 (starts with the first snowfall of the season) As it turns out, we had quite a bit of snow this winter, but that is also somewhat misleading. It was not a cold winter, and much of the snow was heavy, wet, damaging snow that was quickly compacted and mostly gone within hours of it falling from the sky. Temperatures overall were mild, and it made for a terrible winter to Continue Reading...
Six-Twenty-Two
May 28, 2021. 6:22 PM. For this very special person, life here on earth ended...Six-twenty-two. Continue Reading...
Sliver of the Burden
April 9, 2023. Easter Sunday. A sliver of the burden. To me, this is not just some story that has been handed down through the ages, but rather a current event, for He Lives! Each one of our sins paid in full. Our sins, you see, each one of them, a sliver of the burden He took to the cross. Read this story. Feel this story. There has been no greater gift. Continue Reading...
Season of Growth – 2010 Flames – 2022-2023
March 20, 2023 - Season of Growth - 2010 Flames - 2022-2023 In a season that didn't know when to quit, it suited the 2010 Flames (The 2 Team) just fine. Because this team doesn't know how to quit. Continue Reading...